BACKGROUND

Background: Development Innovations is a five-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) that helps civil society organizations (CSOs), technology companies and social enterprises to design and use information and communication technology (ICT) solutions that address Cambodia’s development challenges. To do that, our project has tech coaching and ICT4D consulting, fee-based advisory services & training, grants and partnerships fund, also building capacity of partners. Development Innovations provided grant to 25 different ICT solution that had created and implemented by different technology companies and civil society organizations. In addition, Development Innovations has supported many technology, and information and communication technology (ICT) community event under participation and support from Ministry of Telecom and Post (MoTP), Ministry of Education Youth and Sport (MoEYS). One of the events that we have run recently is Technovation, a global technology and entrepreneurship competition program for girls that MoEYS really interested to support the program.

Intended Contribution

Describe what organization will contribute to CSR: As Development Innovations is a five-year project, we will do our best to amplify CSR program to our grantees as well as our partners to be aware of what of this platform and activities. More importantly, we will also promote this platform to technology companies that we have been working and engage them to the platform.
Besides, Development Innovations will participate in this platform's activities including discussion in order to share our thought, and experiences that we had after working other organizations for years.

CSR ACTIVITIES

CSR Activities: Development Innovations has supported, and been a part of CSR activities through our event and grantees that implement ICT projects. One of the event that we organized under collaboration with Aids Et Action Cambodia called “Promoting Reading Though ICT” which was a sharing session by The Best Performance in CSR by Cambodian ICT Award 2015. Moreover, there are some ICT projects that we engaged tech companies to be a part of the program in term of either private-sector companies' support or sponsors.